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-14) +====== The Sydney Bushwalker. ====== 
-THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKEIr- + 
-Established June 1931 +Established June 1931. 
-A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydney BushWalkers, Box 4476 G.P.O., Sydney, 2001. Club meetings are held every Wednesday evening from 7.45 pm at the Cahill Community Centre (Upper Hall), 34 Falcon Street, Crow's Nest. + 
-*####**####* +A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to the Sydney Bush Walkers, Box 4476 G.P.O., Sydney, 2001. Club meetings are held every Wednesday evening from 7.45 pm at the Cahill Community Centre (Upper Hall), 34 Falcon Street, Crow's Nest. 
-EDITOR: + 
-BUSINESS MANAGER: +---- 
-PRODUCTION MANAGER: + 
-Ainslie Morris, 45 Austin Street, Lane Cove 2066. Telephone 428 3178. +|**Editor**|Ainslie Morris, 45 Austin Street, Lane Cove, 2066. Telephone 428 3178.| 
-Bill Burke, 3 Coral Tree Drive, Carlingford 2118. Telephone 871 1207. +|**Business Manager**|Bill Burke, 3 Coral Tree Drive, Carlingford, 2118. Telephone 871 1207.| 
-Helen Gray. +|**Production Manager**|Helen Gray.| 
-TYPIST: Kath Brown. +|**Typist**|Kath Brown.| 
-PRINTERS: Fran Longfoot, Morag Ryder, Stan Madden & Ben Esgate. +|**Printers**|Fran Longfoot, Morag Ryder, Stan Madden & Ben Esgate.| 
-############ + 
-APRIL, 1986.  +=== April, 1986 === 
-From the President + 
-Conservation Page +===== In This Issue: ===== 
-New Members +  
-Has Conservation Gone Off Course? Advertisement - Blackheath Taxi +| | |Page| 
-"I Was There" +|From the President|Barbara Bruce| 2| 
-"Rhymes of the Times" - 3, 4 & 5 +|Conservation Page|Ainslie Morris| 2| 
-Bush Preservation - Self Preservation Membership List - Alterations The Great Snake Debate +|New Members| | 3| 
-Advertisement - Fiji Adventure Advertisement - Eastwood Camping Centre Reunion 1986 +|Has Conservation Gone Off Course?|Ronald Knightley| 4| 
-The 1986 Annual General Meeting +|"I Was There"|Patrick James| 7| 
-Advertisement - Canoe & Camping - Gladesville Notes of Committee Meeting 2/4/86 Social Notes for May +|"Rhymes of the Times" - 3, 4 & 5|Jim Brown| 8| 
-Walk Notice - Urgent! +|Bush Preservation - Self Preservation|Ben Esgate| 9| 
-Annual Subscription 1986 +|Membership List - Alterations| | 9| 
-Page +|The Great Snake Debate|Ainslie Morris|10| 
-Barbara Bruce 2 +|Reunion 1986|Helen Gray|13| 
-Ainslie Morris 2 +|The 1986 Annual General Meeting|Barry Wallace|15| 
-3 Ronald Knightley 4 +|Notes of Committee Meeting 2/4/86| |17| 
-6 +|Social Notes for May|Narelle Lovell|18| 
-Patrick James 7 +|Walk Notice - Urgent!|Geoff Grace|18| 
-Jim Brown 8 +|Annual Subscription 1986| |18| 
-Ben Esgate 9 + 
-9 Ainslie Morris 10 +===== Advertisements: ===== 
-11 + 
-12 +| |Page| 
-Helen Gray 13 +|Blackheath Taxi| 6| 
-Barry Wallace 15 +|Fiji Adventure|11| 
-16 +|Eastwood Camping Centre|12| 
-17 +|Canoe & Camping, Gladesville|16| 
-Narelle Lovell 18 + 
-Geoff Grace 18 +---- 
-18 + 
-*###-***##*## +===== From The President. ===== 
-Page 2 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER April, 1986. + 
-FROM THE PRESIDENT.  Hello, Bushwalkers!+Hello, Bushwalkers! 
 If you were at the Annual General Meeting on 12th March what I am about to say will sound familiar. However, if you weren't, you'd be interested in what I have to say because it is to bring you up to date with what's happening in the Club's affairs. If you were at the Annual General Meeting on 12th March what I am about to say will sound familiar. However, if you weren't, you'd be interested in what I have to say because it is to bring you up to date with what's happening in the Club's affairs.
 +
 As you would be aware, we are preparing to incorporate, some advantages of this being - As you would be aware, we are preparing to incorporate, some advantages of this being -
-1. Preservation of the Club's registered name. + 
-2. The Club will be an entity in itself, separate from members, and for this reason could take the main thrust of any sueing action, rather than members and office bearers. +  - Preservation of the Club's registered name. 
-3. The Club will own Coolana and so the need for Trustees will be +  - The Club will be an entity in itself, separate from members, and for this reason could take the main thrust of any sueing action, rather than members and office bearers. 
-eliminated. As it is at the moment, if Trustees should change it would be a costly exercise.+  - The Club will own Coolana and so the need for Trustees will be eliminated. As it is at the moment, if Trustees should change it would be a costly exercise. 
 To become incorporated we need to fulfill certain obligations and to this end Barrie Murdoch has prepared a draft for a new Constitution. The Committee has considered this draft over three meetings, making changes where it considers relevant, such as adding or altering clauses. To become incorporated we need to fulfill certain obligations and to this end Barrie Murdoch has prepared a draft for a new Constitution. The Committee has considered this draft over three meetings, making changes where it considers relevant, such as adding or altering clauses.
 +
 When the final draft Constitution is available, a copy will be sent to everyone, probably with the magazine, and an Extraordinary General Meeting will be called. More meetings may be necessary. When this has been accepted, the Club can apply for incorporation. When the final draft Constitution is available, a copy will be sent to everyone, probably with the magazine, and an Extraordinary General Meeting will be called. More meetings may be necessary. When this has been accepted, the Club can apply for incorporation.
 +
 In the meantime, the current Consitution applies. In the meantime, the current Consitution applies.
 +
 Personal Accident Insurance, as agreed in principle at the December General Meeting, has still to be considered in detail by the Committee. Personal Accident Insurance, as agreed in principle at the December General Meeting, has still to be considered in detail by the Committee.
-At the Annual General Meeting members also decided to revert to the MOnthly General Meeting, feeling that in this way they are kept more informed of the business of the Club. HOpe to see you there! + 
-Regards, BARBARA BRUCE, PRESIDENT. +At the Annual General Meeting members also decided to revert to the Monthly General Meeting, feeling that in this way they are kept more informed of the business of the Club. Hope to see you there! 
-* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * + 
-Conservation Co rner+Regards, 
 + 
 +Barbara Bruce, President. 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +===== Conservation Corner. ===== 
 by Ainslie Morris. by Ainslie Morris.
 +
 This is a new regular feature of our magazine. Contributions welcome. This is a new regular feature of our magazine. Contributions welcome.
-S.B.W. IN THE NEWS!  
-Ben Esgate was to be seen on ABC T.V. on the "7.30 Report" on Tuesday, 25th March. SICKNESS AND POLLUTION IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS are reaching scandal proportions, or at least, the television news. 
-The problem is that effluent - SEWAGE to you - is partially treated daily and let out into the creeks from towns which are growing rapidly. The sewerage system is antiquated, badly maintained, with concrete pipes in poor 
-shape, sewage can be seen bubbling out of the cracks. For example, untreated 
-sewage beside Leura Falls Creek goes into the Kedumba Valley and eventually 
-into the Cox's River and Warragamba Dam. The Grose River and its tributaries 
-are similarly polluted. 
-What does this mean? The E. Coll count should be 0 per 100 ml; counts 
-of 20,000 per 100 ml. are common. E. Coli causes diarrhoea and sickness when you drink polluted unboiled water. 
-April, 1986. THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER Page 3 
  
-The solution? Ask the Metropolitan Water, Sewerage and Drainage Board. In the meantime, treat polluted water by boiling for at least +=== S.B.W. in the news! === 
-3 minutes and adding a purifier tablet. Check maps carefully to see where creeks rise. + 
-TASMANIA.  +Ben Esgate was to be seen on ABC T.V. on the "7.30 Report" on Tuesday, 25th March. Sickness and pollution in the Blue Moutains are reaching scandal proportions, or at least, the television news. 
-One of the three last wilderness stands of temperate forest of World Heritage listing standard includes Farmhouse Creek. This area is a "buffer" and is wilderness just as much as the "core". If damaged by roads or + 
-logging, it ceases to be a buffer to the core, so the core gets smaller as its edges become the buffer. Follow?+__The problem__ is that effluent - Sewage to you - is partially treated daily and let out into the creeks from towns which are growing rapidly. The sewerage system is antiquated, badly maintained, with concrete pipes in poor shape, sewage can be seen bubbling out of the cracks. For example, untreated sewage beside Leura Falls Creek goes into the Kedumba Valley and eventually into the Cox's River and Warragamba Dam. The Grose River and its tributaries are similarly polluted. 
 + 
 +What does this mean? The E. Coli count should be 0 per 100 ml; counts of 20,000 per 100 ml. are common. E. Coli causes diarrhoea and sickness when you drink polluted unboiled water. 
 + 
 +__The solution?__ Ask the Metropolitan Water, Sewerage and Drainage Board. In the meantime, treat polluted water by boiling for at least 3 minutes and adding a purifier tablet. Check maps carefully to see where creeks rise. 
 + 
 +=== Tasmania. === 
 + 
 +One of the three last wilderness stands of temperate forest of World Heritage listing standard includes Farmhouse Creek. __This area is a "buffer" and is wilderness__ just as much as the "core". If damaged by roads or logging, it ceases to be a buffer to the core, so the core gets smaller as its edges become the buffer. Follow? 
 The Wilderness Society makes two points not reported in the news media: The Wilderness Society makes two points not reported in the news media:
-1. The safeguards of the Woodchip Agreement, that is, committees and + 
-consultations, are not happening. This is the reason for the protest.  +  - The safeguards of the Woodchip Agreement, that is, committees and consultations, are not happening. __This is the reason for the protest.__ 
-2. Some of the so-called local logging workers have been recognized as probably paid "stand over" strike breakers.+  - Some of the so-called local logging workers have been recognized as probably paid "stand over" strike breakers. 
 If you like your wilderness, write to: If you like your wilderness, write to:
-Mr. Kerin, Minister for Primary Industry, Parliament House, + 
-CANBERRA. A.C.T. +Mr. Kerin, Minister for Primary Industry,\\ 
-EVERY CRY IN THE WILDERNESS HELPS! N.S.W. SOUTH COAST.  +Parliament House,\\ 
-And while you've got pen and paper out, how about another letter to Mr. Kerin, M.P. for Eden-Monaro, on the matter of - +Canberra. A.C.T. 
-WOODCHIPS OR WATER? + 
- The Federal Government will decide in the next few months on the extension of the license beyond 1989 of Harris-Daishowa (Australia) Pty.Ltd. (Japanese owned) and others in N.S.W. and Victoria.+Every cry in the wilderness helps! 
 + 
 +=== N.S.W. South Cpast. === 
 + 
 +And while you've got pen and paper out, how about another letter to Mr. Kerin, M.P. for Eden-Monaro, on the matter of - woodchips or water? 
 + 
 +The Federal Government will decide in the next few months on the extension of the license beyond 1989 of Harris-Daishowa (Australia) Pty.Ltd. (Japanese owned) and others in N.S.W. and Victoria. 
 South Coast environment groups are concerned that their water supply from the Tantawangalo Creek catchment could be reduced greatly by woodchip logging. This creek is the main water supply of Merimbula, Pambula, Pambula Beach, Candelo, Wolumba and sometimes Eden. The 5,500 permanent residents and 20,000 summer tourists rely on it. South Coast environment groups are concerned that their water supply from the Tantawangalo Creek catchment could be reduced greatly by woodchip logging. This creek is the main water supply of Merimbula, Pambula, Pambula Beach, Candelo, Wolumba and sometimes Eden. The 5,500 permanent residents and 20,000 summer tourists rely on it.
-The Coolangubra forest is a habitat of world significance for tree- living marsupials - especially yellow-bellied glider possums, one of Australia's most spectacular. Can they withstand the clear-felling of + 
-coupes (blocks of 50-100 hectares) as is done for wood-chipping? Or any logging at all? +__The Coolangubra forest is a habitat of world significance for tree-living marsupials__ - especially yellow-bellied glider possums, one of Australia's most spectacular. Can they withstand the clear-felling of coupes (blocks of 50-100 hectares) as is done for wood-chipping? Or any logging at all? 
-There are two national park proposals:  TANTAWANGALO NATIONAL PARK - 22,000 hectares. COOLANGUBRA NATIONAL PARK - 48,000 hectares. + 
-* * * * * * * * * * +=== There are two national park proposals: === 
-NEW MEMBERS. + 
 +  * Tantawangalo National Park - 22,000 hectares. 
 +  * Cooangubra National Park - 48,000 hectares. 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +===== New Members. ===== 
 Please add the following names to your List of Members: Please add the following names to your List of Members:
-FOULDS, Beverley, 5/13 Church Street, Ashfield 2131 Phone 798 5650 + 
-VAARWERK, John, 37/61 Buckingham Street, Surry Hills, 2010 690 1738 +  * Foulds, Beverley, 5/13 Church Street, Ashfield, 2131. Phone 798 5650. 
-******** +  * Vaarwerk, John, 37/61 Buckingham Street, Surry Hills, 2010. Phone 690 1738. 
-Page 4 THE SYDNEY BUSEWALKER April, 1986 + 
-HAS CONSERVATION GONE OFF COURSE? +---- 
 + 
 +===== Has Conservation Gone Off Course? =====  
 by Ronald Knightley. by Ronald Knightley.
-As old hands would expect from Alex Colley, his February article on the Hon. Bob Carr's January address to S.B.W. was accurate, discerning and highly readable. And yet, to me at least, it neglected the most significant comment + 
-of the evening, which was the Minister's lament towards its close, "This even- +As old hands would expect from Alex Colley, his February article on the Hon. Bob Carr's January address to S.B.W. was accurate, discerning and highly readable. And yet, to me at least, it neglected the most significant comment of the evening, which was the Minister's lament towards its close, "This evening has not been at all as I expected it would be... I thought I would be amongst friends." He would do well to ponder on that remark and its possible significance for the future of conservation. 
-ing has not been at all as I expected it would be I thought I would be -amongst friends." He would do well to ponder on that remark and its possible significance for the future of conservation.+
 S.B.W. rightly prides itself on its achievements in the conservation field. North Era, Garrawarra, Blue Gum Forest, Coolana, the foundation of the National Parks Association of N.S.W. and the drafting of the National Parks and Wildlife Act are but examples of achievements in which, as a club, we played a sole or significant role. Many individual members have engaged in activities above and beyond their membership of the Club, such that no less than four of them have figured in official honours lists, Alex himself among them. S.B.W. rightly prides itself on its achievements in the conservation field. North Era, Garrawarra, Blue Gum Forest, Coolana, the foundation of the National Parks Association of N.S.W. and the drafting of the National Parks and Wildlife Act are but examples of achievements in which, as a club, we played a sole or significant role. Many individual members have engaged in activities above and beyond their membership of the Club, such that no less than four of them have figured in official honours lists, Alex himself among them.
 +
 What does it mean, therefore, when the Minister for Planning and the Environment appears to find us a hostile audience? What does it mean, therefore, when the Minister for Planning and the Environment appears to find us a hostile audience?
-With admirable clarity and suitably muted pride the Minister outlined the achievements and plans of his government and himself, plus his personal victories in recent ministerial power struggles, particularly with the Minister for Natural Resources, then the Hen. Mrs. Janice Crosio. It was in the ensuing question time that the music turned to discord. + 
-The Minister's first questioner was a long-time ski tourer who wanted to know: now that it is obvious that the Kosciusko ski-tube will cost astronomically more than the government estimates on which its initiation was based (as we said in advance, his questioner alleged), how will the government honour its promise that the skiers themselves would not be economically penalised? The Minister's response about the likely environmental costs of alternatives like "wall to wall car parks in Perisher Valley" avoided reference to the alleged promise;. and I found myself wandering what corner of the ecology might be suffering under the tens of thousands of tonnes of rock being tunnelled out. +With admirable clarity and suitably muted pride the Minister outlined the achievements and plans of his government and himself, plus his personal victories in recent ministerial power struggles, particularly with the Minister for Natural Resources, then the Hon. Mrs. Janice Crosio. It was in the ensuing question time that the music turned to discord. 
-To the next barbed question I personally confess: noting the spreading square kilometres of blackened feather-duster forests left by successive major bushfires in the national parks (looking worse than the reafforested areas of the wood-chippers and limestone miners, I suggested), and noting that Mrs. Crosio's state forests have been virtually free of this scourge for more than a decade, what plans are there for future prevention of these ecological disasterp? The Minister described various lines of research and experiment; but indicated that the problem remained a problem.+ 
 +The Minister's first questioner was a long-time ski tourer who wanted to know: now that it is obvious that the Kosciusko ski-tube will cost astronomically more than the government estimates on which its initiation was based (as we said in advance, his questioner alleged), how will the government honour its promise that the skiers themselves would not be economically penalised? The Minister's response about the likely environmental costs of alternatives like "wall to wall car parks in Perisher Valley" avoided reference to the alleged promise; and I found myself wandering what corner of the ecology might be suffering under the tens of thousands of tonnes of rock being tunnelled out. 
 + 
 +To the next barbed question I personally confess: noting the spreading square kilometres of blackened feather-duster forests left by successive major bushfires in the national parks (looking worse than the reafforested areas of the wood-chippers and limestone miners, I suggested), and noting that Mrs. Crosio's state forests have been virtually free of this scourge for more than a decade, what plans are there for future prevention of these ecological disasters? The Minister described various lines of research and experiment; but indicated that the problem remained a problem. 
 This triggered a question on a recent bushfire between Mts. Wilson and Tomah, in which a particular forest of beautiful gum trees had been decimated. What plans exist for replanting? None yet, it seemed; which projected Ben Esgate into a typically erudite discourse on the finer points of eucalyptus cultivation. This triggered a question on a recent bushfire between Mts. Wilson and Tomah, in which a particular forest of beautiful gum trees had been decimated. What plans exist for replanting? None yet, it seemed; which projected Ben Esgate into a typically erudite discourse on the finer points of eucalyptus cultivation.
-Another questioner adverted to Mr. Carr's reference to 100,000 pigs in Kosciusko National Park. "What are you doing about them," she wanted to know. + 
-This really got me thinking. On my most recent visit to the Snowy Mountains, I had seen that pig-rooting is leaving bigger and more-intractable scars than any that I saw in those far-off sheep and cattle days. What have we done? +Another questioner adverted to Mr. Carr's reference to 100,000 pigs in Kosciusko National Park. "What are you __doing__ about them," she wanted to know. This really got me thinking. On my most recent visit to the Snowy Mountains, I had seen that pig-rooting is leaving bigger and more-intractable scars than any that I saw in those far-off sheep and cattle days. What have we done? Kicked out the graziers, just to let the pigs in? Is that conservation? 
-Kicked out the graziers, just to let the pigs in? Is that conservation?+
 Even the president of Federation, in his private capacity as an S.B.W. member, had a barb to cast. How was it that the only rangers he ever saw in national parks were driving around in off-road vehicles? Did this square off with the government's recent subjection of the public to state-wide statutory discipline of off-roaders? Even the president of Federation, in his private capacity as an S.B.W. member, had a barb to cast. How was it that the only rangers he ever saw in national parks were driving around in off-road vehicles? Did this square off with the government's recent subjection of the public to state-wide statutory discipline of off-roaders?
-April, 1986 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER Page 5 + 
-There were other questions, too; and they were nearly all barbed. +There were other questions, too; and they were nearly all barbed. As I left that evening my impression was, like the Minister's, that he was not among friends. Alex's article, refreshing my memory, widened my concerns. 
-As I left that evening my impression was, like the Minister's, that he was not among friends. Alex's article, refreshing my memory, widened my concerns. + 
-The MInister announced his support for a State Wilderness Act. What need would the community see for yet another conservation act? Are there not sufficient powers in the N.P.W. Act? To illustrate my point, the Kanangra Boyd - Blue Mountains - Wollemi national parks form an almost continuous blanket over Sydney's hinterland, stretching hundreds of kilometres from Wombeyan Caves to Singleton. The N.P.W.S. has already announced that +The Minister announced his support for a State Wilderness Act. What need would the community see for yet another conservation act? Are there not sufficient powers in the N.P.W. Act? To illustrate my point, the Kanangra Boyd - Blue Mountains - Wollemi national parks form an almost continuous blanket over Sydney's hinterland, stretching hundreds of kilometres from Wombeyan Caves to Singleton. The N.P.W.S. has already announced that 90 per cent of this vast area will be "managed" as wilderness (which sets me wondering why it was not proclaimed wilderness area under the powers already existing in the N.P.W. Act). If this can be done, would it not be more appropriate merely to amend the existing Act, if wider powers are in fact needed? 
-90 per cent of this vast area will be "managed" as wilderness (which sets me wondering why it was not proclaimed wilderness area under the powers already + 
-existing in the N.P.W. Act). If this can be done, would it not be more appropriate merely to amend the existing Act, if wider powers are in fact needed? +Alex reported Mr. Carr as aiming "to preserve a small part of the State essentially as it was when Europeans first stepped on our shores". There are few if any areas in such condition, for Nature herself has rung the changes. To give just a few examples. Who, now, can run full tilt down Strongleg or the Wild Dogs, or do a pre-lunch dash from Cloudmaker to the Cox-Kowmung junction, as we old wrinklies did in our youth? You might just as well try to run through a bamboo jungle. Who can scree-run from atop Mt. Ayr to Bungonia Creek in minutes, or similarly from King Pin to the Shoalhaven? No more can we enjoy those glorious swims in Lake Louise, for it no longer exists. Remember the beautiful grass flats of our reunions at Woods Creek, eclipsed by the encroaching cutty grass? Reserve, yes; but let us not delude ourselves that the ecology, left to itself, is immutable. 
-Alex reported Mr. Carr as aiming "to preserve a small part of the State essentially as it was when Europeans first stepped on our shores". There are few if any areas in such condition, for Nature herself has rung the changes. To give just a few examples. Who, now, can run full tilt down Strongleg or the Wild Dogs, or do a pre-lunch dash from Cloudmaker to the Cox-Kowmung junction, as we old wrinklies did in our youth? You might just as well try to run through a bamboo jungle. Who can scree-run from atop Mt. Ayr to Bungonia Creek in minutes, or similarly from King Pin to the  +
-Shoalhaven? No more can we enjoy those glorious swims in Lake Louise, for it no longer exists. Remember the beautiful grass flats of our reunions at Woods Creek, eclipsed by the encroaching cutty grass? Reserve, yes; but let us not delude ourselves that the ecology, left to itself, is immutable.+
 On the Minister's reference to Reagan's reversal of Carter's conservationism I have this to offer: the U.S.A. electorate gave Reagan a mandate to continue, by electing him for a further term! On the Minister's reference to Reagan's reversal of Carter's conservationism I have this to offer: the U.S.A. electorate gave Reagan a mandate to continue, by electing him for a further term!
 +
 Mr. Carr's words on the environmental plan for the Kosciusko surrounds set me wondering: is it right that the people of Sydney and elsewhere should dictate, through Macquarie Street, how the people of Jindabyne, etc. should govern their lives? On consulting the document itself, I applauded its philosophical objectives but found its detailed provisions hauntingly redolent of the type of Big-Brother government that I have personally witnessed in the euphemistically-labelled "Centrally Planned Economies". Mr. Carr's words on the environmental plan for the Kosciusko surrounds set me wondering: is it right that the people of Sydney and elsewhere should dictate, through Macquarie Street, how the people of Jindabyne, etc. should govern their lives? On consulting the document itself, I applauded its philosophical objectives but found its detailed provisions hauntingly redolent of the type of Big-Brother government that I have personally witnessed in the euphemistically-labelled "Centrally Planned Economies".
-Alex reported that the I.U.C.N. rated "our system" as one of the five best in the world. Regrettably, I would not rate our National Parks and Wildlife Service so highly. I would rate the services in Queensland, South + 
-Australia and Victoria ahead, while personal observation overseas leads me to higher ratings for Canada, Japan, Kenya, New Zealand, U.S.A. and Zambia at +Alex reported that the I.U.C.N. rated "our system" as one of the five best in the world. Regrettably, I would not rate our National Parks and Wildlife __Service__ so highly. I would rate the services in Queensland, South Australia and Victoria ahead, while personal observation overseas leads me to higher ratings for Canada, Japan, Kenya, New Zealand, U.S.A. and Zambia at least. Let me hasten, however, to defend the Service in N.S.W. I believe it to be in total overload through massive creation of national parks, etc. without matching increase in staffing and finance. The overload is illustrated by such matters as inviting amateurs and academics to draft some of the plans of management required under the Act, while the draft plans for the Kanangra-Boyd, Blue Mountains and Wollemi national parks appear to have been postponed indefinitely. 
-least. Let me hasten, however, to defend the Service in N.S.W. I believe + 
-it to be in total overload through massive creation of national parks, etc. +The reference to Mr. Wran as a "dedicated conservationist" intrigued me. This is the self-same Neville Wran who directed the N.P.W.S. to rewrite its Corporate Plan after declaring Labor to be "adamant in opposing" much of the Lewis government's conservation policy! I still have the quoted words, in typing, over Mr. Wran's personal signature. 
-without matching increase in staffing and finance. The overload is illus- + 
-trated by such matters as inviting amateurs and academics to draft some of the plans of management required under the Act, while the draft plans for the Kanangra-Boyd, Blue Mountains and Wollemi national parks appear to have been postponed indefinitely. +Listening to Mr. Carr on the night and thinking over it since, I could not but remark the striking similarity between his pronouncements, now, and those of the Hon. Mr. Tom Lewis in those heady 1970's days when we all thought that Mr. Lewis was the Creator's greatest gift to conservationists; and of the similarity between Mr. Carr's recent Coalition quotes and Labor's adamant opposition in those times. Nor could I help remembering how roundly the elctorate consigned the Lewis government to past history. 
-The reference to Mr. Wran as a "dedicated conservationist" intrigued + 
-me. This is the self-same Neville Wran who directed the N.P.W.S. to rewrite its Corporate Plan after declaring Labor to be "adamant in opposing" much of +I am left, therefore, with two worrisome thoughts. In the last 25 years, conservationists have become organised and vociferous. But will we have the great, silent majority of the elctorate with us in the 1988 or earlier elctions? Or will it, as in the U.S.A., think that we are going too far, too fast and seek to redress our former gains? If conservationists have stirred up the thousands of four-wheel drivers and the even more numerous fishermen, and if even S.B.W. bares its teeth to the Minister most responsible, does the government's current conservation policy have any real friends left, apart from a few vocal radicals? 
-the Lewis government's conservation policy! I still have the quoted words, + 
-in typing, over Mr. Wran's personal signature. +And even worse: if, for example, we are really opening up Kosciusko to the pigs and other national parks to bushfires instead of people, have we even convinced ourselves that conservation is going in all the right directions? 
-Listening to Mr. Carr on the night and thinking over it since, I could not but remark the striking similarity between his pronouncements, now, and + 
-Page 6 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER April, 1986 +---- 
-those of the Hon. Mr. Tom Lewis in those heady 1970's days when we all thought that Mr. Lewis was the Creator's greatest gift to conservationists; and of the similarity between Mr. Carr's recent Coalition quotes and Labor's adamant opposition in those times. Nor could I help remembering how roundly the elctorate consigned the Lewis government to past history. + 
-I am left, therefore, with two worrisome thoughts. In the last +=== Belvedere Taxis Blackheath. ===== 
-25 years, conservationists have become organised and vociferous. But will we have the great, silent majority of the elctorate with us in the 1988 or + 
-earlier elctions? Or will it, as in the U.S.A., think that we are going +10 seater mini bus taxi. 041-87 8366. 
-too far, too fast and seek to redress our former gains? If conservationists have stirred up the thousands of four-wheel drivers and the even more numerous fishermen, and if even S.B.W. bares its teeth to the Minister most responsible, does the government's current conservation policy have any real friends left, apart from a few vocal radicals? + 
-And even worse: if, for example, we are really opening up Kosciusko +Kanagra Boyd. Upper Blue Mountains. Six Foot Track. 
-to the pigs and other national parks to bushfires instead of people, have we even convinced ourselves that conservation is going in all the right directions? + 
-* * * * * * * * +Pick up anywhere for start or finish of your walk - by prior arrangement. 
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-April, 1986 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER Page 7 +Herewith is an eyewitness account of the Peter Miller birthday weekend and cultural workshop written by an attendee who was there and who saw nearly everything; however, some literary licence has been used. The venue for the weekend was the left bank of the Shoalhaven River at Long Point; down the hill, turn left, walk 1000 metres then flop down. The basic, underlying, fundamental reason for the gathering was the n+1th birthday of young Peter Miller combined with a saints and sinners gourmet repast (don't confuse this with a meal attended by gourmet saints and gourmet sinners). 
-"I WAS THERE". by Patrick James. + 
-Herewith is an eyewitness account of the Peter Miller birthday weekend and cultural workshop written by an attendee who was there and who saw nearly everything; however, some literary licence has been used. The venue for the weekend was the left bank of the Shoalhaven River at Long Point; down the hill, turn left, walk 1000 metres then flop down. The +As the 18 of us started out from the top of Long Point we met an interesting group of young men and a woman all dressed in the finest jungle green the disposal shops can offer and each equiped with a machete. Some machetes were attached to the belt while others showed more imagination or simply more attention to Hollywood detail, i.e. strapped to the back a la Robin Hood's arrows. One small machete was secured upside down over the left breast - ready for a quick draw, or if not careful, an unplanned mastectomy. 
-basic, underlying, fundamental reason for the gathering was the n+lth birthday of young Peter Miller combined with a saints and sinners gourmet repast (don't confuse this with a meal attended by gourmet saints and gourmet sinners). + 
-As the 18 of us started out from the top of Long Point we met an interesting group of young men and a woman all dressed in the finest jungle green the disposal shops can offer and each equiped with a machete. Some machetes +Our campsite was prepared under the watchful eyes of the birthday boy, a well-cleared area with nothing but dirt to sit on and the firewood heap outside the light of the fire so that at night only the fearless, the reckless or the torch-lighted could get extra fuel. The cultural aspect of the weekend started at 3 pm or, as the machete men would no doubt say, 1500 hours. At least, I think it started at about 3 pm, I did take notes but as the function progressed the notes became shorter and less and less legible so now I'm working from my photographic, eyewitness memory. 
-were attached to the belt while others showed more imagination or simply more attention to Hollywood detail, i.e. strapped to the back a la Robin Hood's arrows. One small machete was secured upside down over the left breast - ready for a quick draw, or if not careful, an unplanned mastectomy. + 
-Our campsite was prepared under the watchful eyes of the birthday boy, a well-cleared area with nothing but dirt to sit on and the firewood heap outside the light of the fire so that at night only the fearless, the reckless or the torch-lighted could get extra fuel. The cultural aspect of the +Some time before it got dark the gourmet spread was spread. Thirty dishes were presented for our mutual approval together with a number of red and white wines and after dinner port. A hangi was prepared on the river bank that afternoon and served at dusk. A hangi for the non-cultural is kiwi for crock pot: heated stones are placed in a hole in the ground, then food wrapped in banana leaves or alfoil is placed on top, then more hot stones to cover the food. The whole lot is left to cool down or cook. Long pig can be cooked this way. 
-weekend started at 3 pm or, as the machete men would no doubt say, 1500 + 
-hours. At least, I think it started at about 3 pm, I did take notes but.as +Sometime in the afternoon our party members adjourned to their tents to dress-up in order to act out their fantasies of saints and sinners. The fancy dress showed imagination and daring. Seductive dresses, lacy knickers and well-filled tights come to mind as well as Father Christmas and Saint Sebastian transfixed with arrows and dripping tomato blood. 
-the function progressed the notes became shorter and less and less legible so now I'm working from my photographic, eyewitness memory. + 
-Some time before it got dark the gourmet spread was spread. Thirty dishes were presented for our mutual approval together with a number of red and white wines and after dinner port. A hangi was prepared on the river bank that afternoon and served at dusk. A hangi for the non-cultural is kiwi for crock pot: heated stones are placed in a hole in the ground, then food wrapped in banana leaves or alfoil is placed on top, then more hot +After a couple of drinks to aid night vision the saints and sinners went off to visit two nearby groups of fellow campers; a herd of boy guides and the machete men. I did not go but volunteered to stay behind and keep the possums from the food and drink. Eyewitnesses to this visit (the visitors, not the visitees) say they were well received and that they managed to enter the machete men's camp unchallenged and without being mistaken for sugarcane. 
-stones to cover the food. The whole lot is left to cool down or cook. + 
-Long pig can be cooked this way. +Interesting items of gear observed on the weekend were Uta's glow-inthe-dark shoelaces, very handy aiming marks when going to the loo in the dark. The other new piece of gear was a mono-bra, a supplement to normal wear. In this case the extra item was not on the back for dancing but mounted between the chin and the navel and contained a 35 mm SLR with 80-500 mm zoom lens, tripod, spare film and portable darkroom. Very ingenious. 
-Sometime in the afternoon our party members adjourned to their tents to dress-up in order to act out their fantasies of saints and sinners. The fancy dress showed imagination and daring. Seductive dresses, lacy knickers +
-and well-filled tights come to mind as well as Father Christmas and Saint Sebastian transfixed with arrows and dripping tomato blood. +
-After a couple of drinks to aid night vision the saints and sinners went off to visit two nearby groups of fellow campers; a herd of boy guides and the machete men. I did not go but volunteered to stay behind and keep +
-the possums from the food and drink. Eyewitnesses to this visit (the +
-visitors, not the visitees) say they were well received and that they managed to enter the machete men's camp unchallenged and without being mistaken for sugarcane. +
-Interesting items of gear observed on the weekend were Uta's glow-inthe-dark shoelaces, very handy aiming marks when going to the loo in the dark. The other new piece of gear was a mono-bra, a supplement to normal wear. In this case the extra item was not on the back for dancing but +
-mounted between the chin and the navel and contained a 35 mm SLR with +
-80-500 mm zoom lens, tripod, spare film and portable darkroom. Very +
-ingenious.+
 The party broke camp on Sunday afternoon, climbed the 600 metres to the cars and had dinner in Mittagong. The weekend raises three questions: The party broke camp on Sunday afternoon, climbed the 600 metres to the cars and had dinner in Mittagong. The weekend raises three questions:
-1. Should people expect to be able to camp in the bush without being hassled by a group of ratbags in fancy dress? + 
-2. What is the most comfortable way to wear a machete? +  - Should people expect to be able to camp in the bush without being hassled by a group of ratbags in fancy dress? 
-3. What will Peter Miller do in 1986? +  - What is the most comfortable way to wear a machete? 
-Page 8 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER April, 1986 +  - What will Peter Miller do in 1986? 
-"RHYMES OF THE TIMES". + 
-PART 2 - From a 1986 Reunion Sketch. +---- 
 + 
 +===== "Rhymes Of The Times". ===== 
 + 
 +=== Part 2 - From a 1986 Reunion Sketch. === 
 by Jim Brown. by Jim Brown.
-No.3 - THE CONSTITUTION - Can be sung to "The Vicar of Bray" + 
-The Constitution is a mess +=== No.3 - The Constitution. === 
-So often patched and mended, + 
-And even Presidents confess +Can be sung to "The Vicar of Bray". 
-The rules are sometimes bended. + 
-But now we have this massive screed That turns the whole lot over, And if we adopt it, why, indeed, We may end up in clover. +The Constitution is a mess\\ 
-So very few of members know +So often patched and mended,\\ 
-The Constitution's contents, +And even Presidents confess\\ 
-And of the few who've read it through +The rules are sometimes bended.\\ 
-Some felt it was all nonsense. + 
-But now we have this massive screed etc. +But now we have this massive screed\\ 
-This new proposal is complex So few will comprehend it. A legal eagle it would vex Should we have to amend it. +That turns the whole lot over,\\ 
-For now we have a massive screed +And if we adopt it, why, indeed,\\ 
-So full of Information, +We may end up in clover. 
-And if we adopt it, it may lead + 
-To our INCORPORATION. +So very few of members know\\ 
-No.4 - PERSONAL ACCIDENT INSURANCE +The Constitution's contents,\\ 
-- Can be sung to "The Little Plough Boy" +And of the few who've read it through\\ 
-For years we've shown endurance And wandered here and there, But now we'll have Insurance That covers everywhere. +Some felt it was all nonsense.\\ 
-If you should bust an ankle Or break a shoulder blade, Those costs that used to rankle Will all be smartly paid. + 
-If from a ledge you tumble +But now we have this massive screed.... etc. 
-Or meet a rolling stone, + 
-Or on a cliff-face fumble +This new proposal is complex\\ 
-YOu're not out on your own. +So few will comprehend it.\\ 
-If we believe this talking We're covered from the womb (Provided we're out walking) Until we reach the tomb. +A legal eagle it would vex\\ 
-- Helen Gray Illustration +Should we have to amend it. 
-April, 1986 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER Page 9 + 
-No.5 - THE PRINTERS - Can be sung to "Blowing in the Wind" +For now we have a massive screed\\ 
-How many reams of A4 must we use? And how many litres of ink? +So full of Information,\\ 
-How many times must we publish the news? Before it will drive us to drink? How many drawings and maps must we fuse Before we wil shrivel and shrink? +And if we adopt it, it may lead\\ 
-The answer, my friends, is NOT MANY MORE, +To our Incorporation. 
-The answer is NOT MANY MORE. + 
-How many pages will bo smudged or torn? And how many tossed in the waste? How many walkers, young or unborn Will dabble in oil or in paste? How many printers tired and forlorn Will off-set in desperate haste? +=== No.4 - Personal Accident Insurance. === 
-The answer, my friends, is MANY, MANY MORE. + 
-The answer is MANY, MANY MORE. +Can be sung to "The Little Plough Boy". 
-###******* + 
-BUSH PRESERVATION - SELF PRESERVATION..+For years we've shown endurance\\ 
 +And wandered here and there,\\ 
 +But now we'll have Insurance\\ 
 +That covers everywhere. 
 + 
 +If you should bust an ankle\\ 
 +Or break a shoulder blade,\\ 
 +Those costs that used to rankle\\ 
 +Will all be smartly paid. 
 + 
 +If from a ledge you tumble\\ 
 +Or meet a rolling stone,\\ 
 +Or on a cliff-face fumble\\ 
 +You're not out on your own. 
 + 
 +If we believe this talking\\ 
 +We're covered from the womb\\ 
 +(Provided we're out walking)\\ 
 +Until we reach the tomb. 
 + 
 +[ Illustration by Helen Gray of a bushwalking falling off a cliff clutching an insurance policy and saying "Don't worry! I'm insured." ] 
 + 
 +=== No.5 - The Printers. === 
 + 
 +Can be sung to "Blowing in the Wind". 
 + 
 +How many reams of A4 must we use?\\ 
 +And how many litres of ink?\\ 
 +How many times must we publish the news?\\ 
 +Before it will drive us to drink?\\ 
 +How many drawings and maps must we fuse\\ 
 +Before we will shrivel and shrink?\\ 
 +The answer, my friends, is not many more,\\ 
 +The answer is not many more. 
 + 
 +How many pages will be smudged or torn?\\ 
 +And how many tossed in the waste?\\ 
 +How many walkers, young or unborn\\ 
 +Will dabble in oil or in paste?\\ 
 +How many printers tired and forlorn\\ 
 +Will off-set in desperate haste?\\ 
 +The answer, my friends, is many, many more. 
 +The answer is many, many more. 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +===== Bush Preservation - Self Preservation. ===== 
 by Ben Esgate. by Ben Esgate.
 +
 I have been invited by your Committee to put a bush fire instructional on in the June-August programme. I have been invited by your Committee to put a bush fire instructional on in the June-August programme.
 +
 So, gallopers - trotters - plodders - swimmers - walkers, the following will be a rough guide to the programme. So, gallopers - trotters - plodders - swimmers - walkers, the following will be a rough guide to the programme.
 +
 The instructional will be about down-to-earth-nitty-gritty bushcraft, not high tech, which is far too bulky to carry in your pack. The needs are simple and best carried in your brain, backed by some personal instructional experience behind it, plus common sense. The instructional will be about down-to-earth-nitty-gritty bushcraft, not high tech, which is far too bulky to carry in your pack. The needs are simple and best carried in your brain, backed by some personal instructional experience behind it, plus common sense.
-The programme involves some of each of the following:- basic geology, common bush botany, related ecology, some topographic values, and weather conditions, all leading to fire behaviour. This brings about the need for + 
-fire prevention, and fire control where possible. +__The programme__ involves some of each of the following:- basic geology, common bush botany, related ecology, some topographic values, and weather conditions, all leading to fire behaviour. This brings about the need for fire prevention, and fire control where possible. 
-This instructional may have to be in at least two sessions, one a camp- out for the campers, and the other a day for the non-campers and others. Remember, all who use the bush for pleasure this is a bush first aid. There will be no load to carry, and the aim is to try and keep our fauna and bush- land alive and beautiful - as well as your self! + 
-##*####*#* +This instructional may have to be in at least two sessions, one a camp-out for the campers, and the other a day for the non-campers and others. __Remember__, all who use the bush for pleasure this is a __bush first aid__. There will be no load to carry, and the aim is to try and keep our fauna and bushland alive and beautiful - as well as your self! 
-MEMBERSHIP LIST. + 
-You may wish to alter your list with the corrections below. If aware +---- 
-of errors, please notify:+ 
 +===== Membership List. ===== 
 + 
 +You may wish to alter your list with the corrections below. If aware of errors, __please notify__: 
 1. The Secretary, Greta Davis - phone 398 4053. 1. The Secretary, Greta Davis - phone 398 4053.
 +
 2. The Editor, Ainslie Morris - 428 3178 (if you want your correction published in the magazine). 2. The Editor, Ainslie Morris - 428 3178 (if you want your correction published in the magazine).
-CORNELL, Don and Jenny - phone (075) 53 3427 + 
-GILLEZEAU, Anton - 45 Austin Street, Lane Cove, 2066 - phone 428 3178 MADDEN, Jenny - Deceased. +Cornell, Don and Jenny - phone (075) 53 3427.\\ 
-MCLEAN, Jan - 5/2 NOT 5/7 +Gillezeau, Anton - 45 Austin Street, Lane Cove, 2066 - phone 428 3178.\\ 
-WILLIS, Lynn - 5194 NOT 5/24 +Madden, Jenny - Deceased.\\ 
-PUTT, Colin & Jane - phone (02)476 4253 +McLean, Jan - 5/2 NOT 5/7.\\ 
-Page 10 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER April, 1986 +Willis, Lynn - 5/94 NOT 5/24.\\ 
-NE GMAT SHAM. !DEBATE +Putt, Colin & Jane - phone (02)476 4253.\\ 
-Nhtf.///+ 
 +---- 
 + 
 +===== The Great Snake Debate. ===== 
 by Ainslie Morris. by Ainslie Morris.
-Dr. Doug Wheen, bushwalker and active member of the Search and Rescue team. gave an excellent talk on Bush First Aid to a very well-attended meeting on 26th February. By inviting the audience to answer his questions + 
-it was able to boast a good deal of shared knowledge. It is up to each individual to be sure he or she knows all of the first aid information. +Dr. Doug Wheen, bushwalker and active member of the Search and Rescue team, gave an excellent talk on Bush First Aid to a very well-attended meeting on 26th February. By inviting the audience to answer his questions it was able to boast a good deal of shared knowledge. It is up to each individual to be sure he or she knows __all__ of the first aid information. 
-A question on snake bite and its treatment was asked, with reference to the statement in the February magasine (Now What? page 15) that the venom should not be washed off. + 
-Dr. Wheen gave an opinion that it should be washed off if water is readily available. As this opinion contradicts the St. Jam Ambulance book's advice, and as some people think that St. John Ambulance's advice and courses are not applicable to bushwalkers, a debate seemed to be emerging. +A question on snake bite and its treatment was asked, with reference to the statement in the February magazine (Now What? page 15) that the venom should not be washed off. 
-The St. John Ambulance book and course are on First Aid, meaning that it is assumed that you are in the bush, at the beach, on the road, and far from immediate expert medical help. YOU become the FIRST medical helper, so + 
-you'd better get your facts straight and not rely on "common sense" (so often +Dr. Wheen gave an opinion that it should be washed off if water is readily available. As this opinion contradicts the St. John Ambulance book's advice, and as some people think that St. John Ambulance's advice and courses are not applicable to bushwalkers, a debate seemed to be emerging. 
-common nonsence") in a life=threatening situation. Such as venomous snake- + 
-bite or spider-bite! +The St. John Ambulance book and course are on __First Aid__, meaning that it is assumed that you are in the bush, at the beach, on the road, and far from immediate expert medical help. YOU become the FIRST medical helper, so you'd better get your facts straight and not rely on "common sense" (so often "common __non__sence") in a life-threatening situation. Such as venomous snake-bite or spider-bite! 
-The Reptile Department of Taronga Zoo, Sydney, was contacted by the writer, and an expert on snakes told me to LEAVE THE VENOM ON!+ 
 +The Reptile Department of Taronga Zoo, Sydney, was contacted by the writer, and an expert on snakes told me to __leave the venom on__! 
 Why? Why?
-1. It will not do any harm. + 
 +__1. It will not do any harm.__ 
 Most of the venom is in already. If you are a real expert on snake identification and are certain it is a brown snake - which can look like a harmless tree snake or a venomous tiger snake - then the puncture is shallow and you can wash it off - or leave it on, because you're not an expert, are you? Most of the venom is in already. If you are a real expert on snake identification and are certain it is a brown snake - which can look like a harmless tree snake or a venomous tiger snake - then the puncture is shallow and you can wash it off - or leave it on, because you're not an expert, are you?
-2. It will crystallize and detoxify in about 10 minutes - maybe 5 minutes, up to 30 minutes. So it becomes harmless, no matter how long it is left on. + 
-3. At the hospital, even days later, the crystals (like sugar) can be +__2. It will crystallize and detoxify__ in about 10 minutes - maybe 5 minutes, up to 30 minutes. So it becomes harmless, no matter how long it is left on. 
-scraped off and the sample tested for a specific antivenene (or antivenin). This is more effective than a polyvenene. + 
-THE MOST UP-TO-DATE TREATMENT, the expert said, was to apply a pressure bandage quickly to the bitten area. Then tie firmly your crepe bandages to the the limb from the armpit or groin down. This would push the lymph which carries the venom DOWNWARDS. (Note that the St. John book 1985 says to bind +__3. At the hospital__, even days later, the crystals (like sugar) can be scraped off and the sample tested for a specific antivenene (or antivenin). This is more effective than a polyvenene. 
-from the bite down to the extremities and then up to the armpit or groin.) Keep the limb down. Splint to prevent muscle movement which would push the lymph up.+ 
 +__The most up-to-date treatment__, the expert said, was to apply a pressure bandage quickly to the bitten area. Then tie firmly your crepe bandages to the the limb __from the armpit or groin down__. This would push the lymph which carries the venom downwards. (Note that the St. John book 1985 says to bind from the bite down to the extremities and then __up__ to the armpit or groin.) Keep the limb down. Splint to prevent muscle movement which would push the lymph up. 
 Do NOT remove the bandaging or loosen it, even over days, as this could cause death. It will be removed at the hospital when suitable treatment is available. Do NOT remove the bandaging or loosen it, even over days, as this could cause death. It will be removed at the hospital when suitable treatment is available.
-VERY SUDDEN ONSET OF SYMPTOMS IS A FEATURE: Be ready for collapse of breathing, which could occur 5 minutes to half hour after the bite; individuals vary. The bite is VERY PAINFUL, and shock is to be expected. (It + 
-sounded like our expert had had first-hand experience! He said great care is taken at the Zoo NOT to be bitten, as the bite leaves a scar, and the nervous system is damaged). +__Very sudden onset of symptoms is a feature__: Be ready for collapse of breathing, which could occur 5 minutes to half hour after the bite; individuals vary. The bite is __very painful__, and shock is to be expected. (It sounded like our expert had had first-hand experience! He said great care is taken at the Zoo NOT to be bitten, as the bite leaves a scar, and the nervous system is damaged). 
-REPLIES in the great Snake Debate are welcome; please write to the Editor. (See Footnote - next page) + 
-BARBARA BRUCE has booked on this trip. She would like to have an S.B.W. group. PHONE HER! !. 546 -6570. (H) +Replies in the great Snake Debate are welcome; please write to the Editor. (See Footnote - next page) 
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-0  1-'  +A check was also made with The Australian Museum, which referred me to a pamphlet "First Aid for Snake Bite in Australia" by Dr. S.K. Sutherland, published by the Commonwealth Serum Laborities, 3rd Revision, 1985. He advises to leve the venom on. 
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-GREAT NEWS! We have been' given official permission byllai Naibosi and his family to prepare a package for the Bushwalking Tours he has been organising through the Fijian interior for the past 15 years. Each night on the trek is spent in a different, remote village, with the tour group eating and sleeping the way the villagers do and gaining direct experience of the village way of life. The trek is not of a particularly difficult standard with approximately 40 kilometres covered in the six days with horses carrying the gear. This should not discourage those energetic, for there are plenty of ways to exert yourself in the Fijian bush. A typical day will include two 2 hour stages of walking in between meals, each at a different village. Along the way there are streams and rivers to cool off in and nights will be spent enjoying Fijian hospitality and entertainment. At the end of the walk there is a two day stay in Suva, Fiji's capital and an optional extension to one of Fiji's famous Island Resorts. +
-A package has been prepared including economy return airfares, accommodation with air conditioning and private facilities in Nadi and Suva, shared accommodation on tapa mat floors in thatched huts in villages, all meals during walk from lunch Sunday to lunch Saturday, all airport transfers where required and bus transfer from Suva +
- to Nadi. All this costs: No poisonous snakes or spiders! +
-from $875 from $895 from $975 +
- ex Sydney ex Brisbane ex Melbourne+
 Departures are available from Sydney, Brisbane or Melbourne and the tour is available at any time of the year for a group of minimum 5 and up to approximately 30. Departures are available from Sydney, Brisbane or Melbourne and the tour is available at any time of the year for a group of minimum 5 and up to approximately 30.
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-CD   P CD +Phone: Home: ( ).... Work: ( ).... 
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-   ES +Sportswell Tours\\ 
- Co  I-' +Roger Wettings or Matthew Giasheen\\ 
-   CD +1st floor, 10 Martin Place\\ 
-cr   CO +Sydney NSW 2000 Australia\\ 
-   CD 0 +Telephone: (02) 232 7244. Telex: AA24630. 
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-(1) +Note. A $50 discount is available for club members and friends off the next trek - departing Sydney June 14. 
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-*C: + 
-FOR MORE DETAILS RING OR SEND THIS FORM TO +=== Eastwood Camping Centre. === 
-0 We feel we are not able to travel in 1986 but would be interested in 1987 + 
-11 We are very interested in the 1986 tour +__Bushwalkers__. 
-Your First Name:     Surname:   + 
-Your Club:   +Lightweight Tents - Sleeping Bags - Rucksacks - Climbing & Caving Gear - Maps - Clothing - Boots - Food. 
-Address:    Postcode, ... + 
-Phone: Home: ( )   Work: ( )   +__Camping equipment__. 
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-I BUSHWALKERS +Large Tents - Stoves - Lamps - Folding Furniture. 
-ILightweight Tents  Sleeping Bags  Rucksacks  Climbing & Caving Gear  Maps  Clothing  Boots  Food. + 
-DISTRIBUTORS OF: +__Distributors of__: 
-Paddymade  Karrimor  Berghaus  Hallmark  Bergans  Caribee  Fairydown  Silva  Primus  Companion  and all leading brands. + 
-ICAMPING EQUIPMENT Large Tents  Stoves  Lamps-  Folding Furniture. +Paddymade - Karrimor - Berghaus - Hallmark - Bergans - Caribee - Fairydown - Silva - Primus - Companion - and all leading brands. 
-Proprietors: Jack Et Nancy Fox L., Sales Manager: David Fox + 
-EASTWOOD CANVAS GOODS & CAMPING SUPPLIES 3 Trelawney St Eastwood NSW 2122 Phone: 858 2775 +Proprietors: Jack & Nancy Fox. Sales Manager: David Fox. 
-Rutledge Street + 
-April, 1986 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER Page 13+Eastwood Canvas Good & Camping Supplies. 
 + 
 +3 Trelawney St., Eastwood, NSW, 2122. Phone 858 2775. 
 + 
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 REUNION 1986.  REUNION 1986. 
 by Helen Gray. by Helen Gray.
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